sort Command - Sort Lines of Text Files

The sort command is used to sort lines of text files. It can sort alphabetically, numerically, or by other criteria, and is commonly used in text processing pipelines.

Syntax

sort [options] [file...]

Examples

sort file.txt

sort -n numbers.txt

sort -r file.txt

Notes

• Use the -u option to output only the first of an equal run (unique lines).
• Combine with uniq to remove duplicate lines after sorting.
• Can be used in pipelines with cat, cut, and other text processing tools.